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Toronto’s Best Tweeters: top Twitter feeds from local entertainers, athletes and media personalities

Toronto’s Best Tweeters: top Twitter feeds from local entertainers, athletes and media personalities

Toronto’s Twitter-happy celebrity set supplies a constant stream of bon mots, feuds and photo scandals, so choosing our...

The List: 10 things playwright Hannah Moscovitch can’t live without

The List: 10 things playwright Hannah Moscovitch can’t live without

The celebrated playwright is premiering a new double bill at the Tarragon Theatre this month. Here, the 10 things she can’t live...

Editor’s Letter (March 2013): interracial marriages, multiculturalism and the mixed-race generation

Editor’s Letter (March 2013): interracial marriages, multiculturalism and the mixed-race generation

In grade school, I was taught that Canada embraces multiculturalism, whereas the United States is a melting pot. The notion was...

Advertorial: Jazz-crooner Matt Dusk releases a new album paying homage to Chet Baker

Advertorial: Jazz-crooner Matt Dusk releases a new album paying homage to Chet Baker

Jazz-crooner Matt Dusk returns to his roots with My Funny Valentine: The Chet Baker Songbook. It features an eighty-piece...

Toronto area code stereotypes: a guide to the city’s shifting phone-based social hierarchy

Toronto area code stereotypes: a guide to the city’s shifting phone-based social hierarchy

Each area code in Toronto comes with its own set of stereotypes that—rightly or wrongly—circulate with remarkable...

Inside the Latest Issue

The July issue of Toronto Life features the monster cottages of Muskoka versus the resistance. Plus, our obsessive coverage of everything that matters now in the city.

Tim Hudak does his best Rob Ford impression for the Toronto Board of Trade

Tim Hudak does his best Rob Ford impression for the Toronto Board of Trade

Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak sounded eerily like his good buddy Rob Ford yesterday in a speech to the Toronto...

Must-reads: three of this winter’s hottest novels depict Toronto as a city full of freaks, geeks and demigods

Must-reads: three of this winter’s hottest novels depict Toronto as a city full of freaks, geeks and demigods

Born Weird By Andrew Kaufman The relentlessly imaginative Kaufman writes high-concept modern fairy tales that hit the sweet spot...

Adam Vaughan vs. Rob Ford’s ultra-cliquey executive committee

Adam Vaughan vs. Rob Ford’s ultra-cliquey executive committee

For his latest attempt to mess with Rob Ford, inveterate city council pot-stirrer Adam Vaughan tried this week to join the...

Spotlight: soulful pop rockers the Arkells trade in Hamilton dive bars for the ACC

Spotlight: soulful pop rockers the Arkells trade in Hamilton dive bars for the ACC

In this post-Bieber era, when any bedroom singer with a YouTube account and a good hook can become a global pop star...

A new mixed-raced generation is transforming the city: Will Toronto be the world’s first post-racial metropolis?

A new mixed-raced generation is transforming the city: Will Toronto be the world’s first post-racial metropolis?

I used to be the only biracial kid in the room. Now, my exponentially expanding cohort promises a future where everyone is...

The Argument: why the stakes are so high for Ben Heppner’s return to the Canadian Opera Company

The Argument: why the stakes are so high for Ben Heppner’s return to the Canadian Opera Company

A controversial production. A hugely difficult role. A star with a reputation for choking onstage. The stakes are high for Ben...

Dear Urban Diplomat: Can I stop rude drivers from budging at a lane-closure queue?

Dear Urban Diplomat: Can I stop rude drivers from budging at a lane-closure queue?

Dear Urban Diplomat, The left lane is closed about halfway along the off-ramp from the Bayview extension to River Street. Yet...

Reaction Roundup: Rob Ford befriends an owl and reporters get excited

Reaction Roundup: Rob Ford befriends an owl and reporters get excited

Rob Ford visited the Toronto Sportsmen’s Show yesterday, where he showed off his well-honed fishing skills, fired a gun and got...

Ontario’s lawyers launch a PR campaign to show that they’re human

The Ontario Bar Association launched a slick ad campaign today aimed at shaking the prevailing image of lawyers as greedy...

Current Obsession: punk rocker Patti Smith pays tribute to her dead heroes in a new photo exhibition

Current Obsession: punk rocker Patti Smith pays tribute to her dead heroes in a new photo exhibition

When the New York singer-songwriter Patti Smith hit the American music scene in the mid-’70s, there was no one quite like...

Dear Urban Diplomat: Am I obligated to provide a gluten-free option at my kid’s birthday party?

Dear Urban Diplomat: Am I obligated to provide a gluten-free option at my kid’s birthday party?

Dear Urban Diplomat, Last week we sent out e-vites for our son’s 10th birthday. The RSVPs started coming back, and in two...

Why you should buy travel insurance for your next vacation

Why you should buy travel insurance for your next vacation

The kids are out of school, your flight times are checked (and double-checked), and your out-of-office notice is already hard at...

Three Toronto property giants write a letter opposing a downtown casino (and embarrassing Paul Godfrey)

Three Toronto property giants write a letter opposing a downtown casino (and embarrassing Paul Godfrey)

Only a week after three former Toronto mayors penned a letter opposing the development of a casino in Toronto, three of the...

Dear Urban Diplomat: Are bidding wars on rental condos socially acceptable?

Dear Urban Diplomat: Are bidding wars on rental condos socially acceptable?

Dear Urban Diplomat, I went to a viewing of a rental condo recently—a great place with an office, a fireplace, a gym downstairs...

Farewell, penny: 10 oddly sweet articles about the coin’s demise

Farewell, penny: 10 oddly sweet articles about the coin’s demise

The Royal Canadian Mint will stop distributing pennies to banks and businesses tomorrow, which means that, although the humble...

Rob Ford went $40,000 over the spending limit, according to a campaign audit

Rob Ford went $40,000 over the spending limit, according to a campaign audit

A very, very long-awaited audit of Rob Ford’ s 2010 campaign finances released late this afternoon found the mayor blew the...

The Erotic Education of Anna Silk: the Lost Girl star on playing a bisexual succubus

The Erotic Education of Anna Silk: the Lost Girl star on playing a bisexual succubus

A woman in a leather miniskirt and stilettos staggers down a darkened corridor and rings the buzzer beside a bolted door. The man...

A mysterious sneak peek at the first-ever BlackBerry Super Bowl commercial

A mysterious sneak peek at the first-ever BlackBerry Super Bowl commercial

BlackBerry has committed some serious marketing miscues in the past, but we’re intrigued by its latest PR stunt. The company...

The Parlour Game: a behind-the-scenes tour of Toronto’s thriving rub ’n’ tug industry

The Parlour Game: a behind-the-scenes tour of Toronto’s thriving rub ’n’ tug industry

Ivy glows like a 1930s starlet. She’s 27, with high, round cheekbones, rosebud lips and luminescent skin. She has worked at...

Cost of Living

These North York points enthusiasts earn $370,000 a year. How do they spend it?

These North York points enthusiasts earn $370,000 a year. How do they spend it?

“We try to maximize our rewards by using various credit cards plus PC Optimum”

This 22-year-old venture capitalist is on track to make $180,000 this year. How does he spend it?

This 22-year-old venture capitalist is on track to make $180,000 this year. How does he spend it?

“I love a good bargain, so I shop at No Frills”

This globetrotting couple earns a combined $287,000 a year. How do they spend it?

This globetrotting couple earns a combined $287,000 a year. How do they spend it?

“Groceries are our biggest monthly expense after rent”

This Doctors Without Borders marketer earns $100,000 a year. How does she spend it?

This Doctors Without Borders marketer earns $100,000 a year. How does she spend it?

Manpreet Badyal moved from Delhi to Vancouver to Toronto in search of success

How a Gen Z finance enthusiast in Forest Hill spends her money

How a Gen Z finance enthusiast in Forest Hill spends her money

Business analyst and budding TikTok investment guru Chaeeun Lee hopes to visit 50 countries before she turns 30

This policy analyst and stand-up comedian makes $83,000 a year. How does she spend it?

This policy analyst and stand-up comedian makes $83,000 a year. How does she spend it?

“Investing in mental health is important. I have an unlimited membership at Othership in Yorkville”

This entrepreneur is on track to make $23,000 this year. How does she spend it?

This entrepreneur is on track to make $23,000 this year. How does she spend it?

“It was hard to accept financial aid from my parents, but it actually brought us closer together”

Urban Diplomat

Dear Urban Diplomat: My family takes Mother’s Day more seriously than Father’s Day

Dear Urban Diplomat: My family takes Mother’s Day more seriously than Father’s Day

She gets flowers, gifts and breakfast in bed; I get a lousy grill brush. Am I wrong to feel slighted?

Dear Urban Diplomat: What’s the etiquette for EV charging?

Dear Urban Diplomat: What’s the etiquette for EV charging?

Dear Urban Diplomat , What’s the etiquette for EV charging? A few weeks ago, I finally found a spot in my neighbourhood to juice...

Dear Urban Diplomat: My husband thinks I'm a hoarder, but I'm a collector

Dear Urban Diplomat: My husband thinks I’m a hoarder, but I’m a collector

He’s started quoting Marie Kondo and insisting that I get rid of my “emotional support tchotchkes.” How can I get him to back off?

Dear Urban Diplomat: My condo building has zero tolerance for the slightest noise

Dear Urban Diplomat: My condo building has zero tolerance for the slightest noise

They’ve asked us not to shower after 11 p.m. because of “pipe whistling.” Is this normal?

Dear Urban Diplomat: My husband bought us a pass to skip the line at the ski hill. Why do I feel guilty for using it?

Dear Urban Diplomat: My husband bought us a pass to skip the line at the ski hill. Why do I feel guilty for using it?

I can’t help being embarrassed every time I sheepishly walk past the eye rollers in the regular queue

Dear Urban Diplomat: My brother is lying online about Dry January

Dear Urban Diplomat: My brother is lying online about Dry January

He’s preaching the virtues of sobriety on TikTok but still crushing six-packs every weekend, and the hypocrisy is getting on my nerves. Should I call him out?

Dear Urban Diplomat: My co-workers have forgotten how to behave in an office

Dear Urban Diplomat: My co-workers have forgotten how to behave in an office

I actually don’t mind the return-to-office mandate, but it seems like so much working from home has caused my fellow employees’ self-awareness to atrophy